# marsupial
## English
### Etymology

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
* Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial

### Noun

marsupial (plural marsupials)
* Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

#### Hyponyms

* See also Thesaurus:marsupial

#### Derived terms

* marsupial bone
* marsupial frog
* marsupial lion
* marsupial mole
* marsupial mouse

#### Related terms

* Marsupialia
* marsupialoid
* marsupium

#### See also

* Category:Marsupials

### Adjective

marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)
* Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
** 1892, The American naturalist, page 125:Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
** 1952, The Motor, page 520:It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
** 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.
* (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
    the marsupial bones

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mər.su.piˈal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maɾ.su.piˈal]

### Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupials)
* marsupial

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁ.sy.pjal/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)
* marsupial

### Further reading

* “marsupial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /maɾ.su.piˈaw/ [maɾ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɾ.suˈpjaw/ [maɾ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [maχ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [maχ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maɻ.su.piˈaw/ [maɻ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɻ.suˈpjaw/ [maɻ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾ.suˈpjal/ [mɐɾ.suˈpjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾ.suˈpjal/ [mɐɾ.suˈpjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾ.suˈpja.li/
* Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al

### Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)
* marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)

### Adjective

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)
* marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French marsupial.

### Noun

marsupial n (plural marsupiale)
* marsupial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾsuˈpjal/ [maɾ.suˈpjal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: mar‧su‧pial

### Adjective

marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)
* marsupial

#### Derived terms

* bolsa marsupial

### Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)
* marsupial

#### Related terms

* marsupio

### Further reading

* “marsupial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10